According to Politifact.com and their
popular "Truth-o-Meter" tool, Ron Paul is the
most truthful presidential candidate out of the entire
field, Democrats and Republicans included, and has not
lied once during televised public debates.

The website is an offshoot of the St.
Petersburg Times newspaper and ranks the candidates based
on the truthfulness of their responses to questions and
answers given during debates.

Out of the eight statements made by Paul
or his campaign, Politifact judged three to be true, four
to be mostly true and just one to be false.

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Even the answer judged as false is harsh because
it relates to Paul's contention that he never votes
for anything that is not explicitly authorized in
the Constitution - the Congressman's support for Americans
to acknowledge Martin Luther King day invalidates
this according to the strict standards of the "Truth-o-meter".

In comparison, Barack
Obama has lied on numerous occasions or at
best told half-truths according to the ranking system.

Republican Mike
Huckabee has mostly told half-truths and
has lied on five other occasions.

The latest statement under scrutiny is
that of Ron Paul when he told Tim Russert last week, “If
you got rid of the income tax today you'd have about as
much revenue as we had 10 years ago.” The claim
is judged as "mostly true".